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S&P 500 and Nasdaq set new records after jobless claims fall; Nintendo plunges more than 7% over worse-than-expected quarterly profits
Fed’s Richard Clarida says bond-buying programme could be scaled back; Tencent sheds 3% and Netease loses 4% as Beijing’s regulators loom
FSA boss Junichi Nakajima calls for scrutiny of products’ green credentials ; Global green bond issues reached $290.1 billion in 2020
• Tencent hit sparks flurry of concern over gaming stocks worldwide • Prosus down 7% in Amsterdam, four firms’ shares...
Swiss bank punished for disclosure failings from 2004-2018; It also admitted other legal breaches to regulators
(AF) China’s pledge to shift towards a green future has been reflected in the performance of renewable-energy focused ETFs, which...
• Tech giant’s shares plunge after paper calls for curbs on online gaming • Shares edged back slightly after group...
Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance among 20 firms summoned to ministry summit; President Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill inches towards approval
(AF) The value of some narrowly focused China ETFs has dropped in the wake of China’s toughened stance on...
• Takeover of buy-now, pay-later firm seen creating rival to PayPal, Klarna • Australian firm’s popularity soared during Covid pandemic...
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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